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Definition of Stonewall jackson

1. Noun. General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stonewall Jackson

Literary usage of Stonewall jackson

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1913)
"Memories of my warrior husband, stonewall jackson, pors. Hearst's M. 24: 188-117. Ag. 'IS'. ... stonewall jackson the campaigner. MA Jackson, pors. 11. ..."

2. Southern History of the War: The First Year of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1864)
"The Splendid Charge of " Stonewall" Jackson.— The Fight at Fredericksburg. ... •—DEATH OF " STONEWALL" JACKSON.—His Character and Services. ..."

3. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"stonewall jackson [May 10. 1863] Nor midst the lightning of the stormy fight ... THE DYING WORDS OF stonewall jackson' " Order AP Hill to prepare for battle ..."

4. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"stonewall jackson . . . AFTER attending to necessary Camp details I sought Jackson, whom I had never met. The mounted officer who had been sent on in ..."

5. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1864)
"... MONODY ON THE DEATH OF GENERAL stonewall jackson. Spoken at the Richmond Varieties by Mise Wren. ВТ THE EXILE. Ay, toll ! toll ! toll ! ..."

6. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond, William Abbatt (1892)
"PEN PORTRAITS OF stonewall jackson. Mrs. Jackson, in the Life and Letters of her distinguished husband, quotes a description of her subject by a southern ..."

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